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... central landmark is the Grand Cathedral and its separate Belfry Tower. You can pay to go up but I wasnt about to navigate the open staircases and preferred to wait to see if my friend wanted to go later.

Inside the stone cathedral it had a natural cool climate like being in a cave, a ...

... place with home brew beer! Me and Sophie both ate 'Witches Fingers', which was a chilli dish with cheese!

We then went with Pip, Nicolette and Martin, who we had met on the walking tour, and climbed the three crosses hill. On the way we passed a load of leaves that had been swept up to form a huge pile. The temptation was too much to resist and I ran and jumped in! Once at the top of the hill there was a great view across Vilnius.

... with his parents and siblings, his grandmother Gertruda and his great grandmother Alma. His great grandmother Alma told Tomas lots of stories about Henry (Lana's father) and their early life in Lithuania. We said goodbye to Tomas at 6:30am as he headed off to work at the timber mill 60 kms away, wonder when we will meet again? Monika took us to the bus station where we boarded the 10:00am bus ...

... anywhere. The mayor had a rather unique solution to this problem: he got a TANK and ran over one of the cars. He then printed a ton of stickers with the phrase "Don't Make Me Get The Tank." Problem solved!

Vilnius, like every other city in Europe, features many bridges covered in padlocks. Apparently it's tradition here when you get married to not only attach a lock but also to carry your wife across the bridge. In Riga, it's apparently to carry her ...

... largely an unknown. I know they're not rich and I know it's been not much over twenty years since they declared independence and the Soviet Union collapsed. So I didn't know what to expect or how safe it would be.

Before I even arrived there was a small complication to take into account. To get from Poland to Lithuania there is only a small strip of border between the two countries, maybe fifty miles wide. Otherwise the route would have to go through either Belarus ...